Instragram, oh how I love thee, let me count the ways, haha. I kid you not, instagram would have to be my favourite social media, period.

So after doing 5 for 2015, sharing 3 different blog posts, 5 favourite blog posts, 5 favourite DIY and 5 favourite photos of 2014. I had an idea to share 15 something once a month for 2015. So I thought why not share some of my favourite accounts with you all? I really could go way over 15, WAY OVER. But, I thought best not overwhelm you and I can always share again.

These accounts are people that inspire me, captivate me and more, with just one photo. People that put a lot of effort into their photos that you'd almost think they were from a magazine and people who are just RAD.

Friday night I came home inspired, I wasn't sure on what, but it was for something. Turns out it was a few things and this here is one of them. I seen this over on the blog by Emma and Elise, A Beautiful Mess and mentioned in my post here, when I was blogging crafts I would like to make, that I had to stop, because the amount I want to make, makes up for at least 2 years worth of DIY ideas. And really you can take all the DIY craft ideas from A Beautiful Mess and that is everything I would love to make one day. For now here is one...

I used to get all my photos printed from several places last year. I have a draw FULL of photos from last year with my failed attempt at project life. I have a bunch of canvases laying about the house. This took me all of about 10-15 minutes. The time consuming part was picking photos. The photos were slightly bigger than the canvas, but I just over lapped some and you really can't overly tell.

SUPPLIES :

Canvas

Photos

Paint Brush

Matte Modge Podge

STEP BY STEP :

Pick your photos

Arrange [I often take a photo to remember what goes where].

Start sticking them down with modge podge.

Once all stuck down, do a coat over the whole project. DO not freet that it's white, it will dry clear.

DONE.

Something like this would make a perfect Christmas present for the grandparents/parents/aunts and uncles and so on. I personally am doing it for when I do up our lounge room after I paint it, hopefully in January after the Christmas rush.

I got my order from StickyGram and I love them, they are amazing and I already want more, I want to cover my whole fridge. Use the code FRIENDJFO5 to get $2 off your order and best of all... FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.

I am noticing that my Project Life pages seem to be getting more and more, "less is best" sort of deal. A few splatters here, stamps here, maybe a little something here and there along with photos and journalling and we are done. Mind you this doesn't make me finish any faster. When I started last year I was all about more and more. I couldn't let go of the scrapper in me. I found it really hard to not add a fabric button, layers of this and that, example is a photo from my Week 5 in 2012...

So just to compare, here is my week 14. At first I had pockets A, B and G, but then it just felt like too much, so I narrowed it down even more to make it A and B. Using B for the first time and something a little different from what I am used to. I really enjoyed it.

Time to play catch up. I even had to look up what week it was I was posting, haha. I am a little excited because I got to take photos of my work with an actual camera and NOT my iphone that I still love even if I did smash the screen....noooooooo, but plan on getting it fixed soon, when I manage to organise myself to travel to the city.

Here is my week 12. One thing I am noticing a change in my style, I am less pattern paper, and all about the stamps and spots of Colour Shine by Heidi Swapp.

So this is a first for me, I have never used my blog as a place to rant and rave, basically give my opinion on anything, other than something craft related. Or something I baked that failed, which can be often for this packet baker, haha.

Lately on Facebook and other sites I follow or am part of, I am seeing more and more people stating themselves or sharing links to media newfeeds or blogs talking about facebook, instagram and pinterest, and the fact that we should stop sugar coating our lives and making out they are all butterflies and rainbows [<------ I made that bit up]. The one I read last night tipped me to the edge to type this here post. It basically made out from the way I read it, that sharing our lives and making them look better than what they may be is in turn making others jealous or not like us? This blew me away. It mentioned that people would take photos of meals they cooked but not the mess? I take photos of what I bake or make and I'm not sharing the dirty dishes pile? What would you like to see more, some yummy cake [nom, nom] or my sink with dirty dishes? The article mentioned that couples take perfect portrait photos but people wont know of the argument they had a week before. Of course not! That is their business and they worked through it, does it really matter? This statement would more apply to Kira and myself, as hubby doesn't like photos and to be honest we bicker we don't argue. But with Kira, she is a teen, we clash ALL the time [red hair?], yet when we have fun, mother, daughter moments, yes I do want to share them.

To be honest I have never found myself not liking or getting the green eyes from following someones instagram/facebook/pinterest. Some people have perfectly clean houses, I am not one of those people and people who know me, know this. Does it make me not like the person because they do? No if anything it makes me go and scrub something clean haha! I follow single friends, does it make me jealous they get to eat out every other night or go to an event every weekend? No, I love seeing their life through their eyes, and I get to do this while sitting in my pj's with a cuppa and knitting. A friend of mine built a house in Townsville [for non Australian's, it's in another state]. Would I love to be able to build our own house? Sure, but I love the house we are in and we chose to buy. But I loved the fact that while I am so far away, I got to watch the process and still get to share their excitement.

All in all this is the way I look at it. I look back through my photo albums and my mums photo albums and sure there are some photos that are out of focus [back in the before digital days when you had to point and snap and hope they turned out], but most are all happy snaps, family outings, family holidays, new baby, new pet, wedding, night out with the girls, night in with family, everyday life... ONE main difference with this? We didn't have a social media to share them. The only time you would share your albums is when people would come over after a holiday, birthday, wedding and so on. And you know what? Either in the back pocket of the album in stored in a box is all the photos we didn't want to share. So really we are not "sugar coating" we are sharing our photo albums, via social networking.

And that right there readers, was my first rant. I am not saying one of many to come, because it's not. It's just something that was moving around in my head that I felt the need to share.

So this now makes me up to date and ready to post week 11 on Tuesday. Because as I mentioned, I would like to be that one week behind in blog posting, so that I don't put too much pressure on myself to get that week done, that week. It's a goal, let's see how things pan out shall we?

I have to admin this is one of my favourite weeks, photo wise and everything just went together, no stress or hassle, but I think it's because I did about 3 weeks in a row that I got my PL groove on. Not weeks apart from when I last did PL.

PAGE ONE :

SUPPLIES : Becky Higgins 4x6 and 3x4 grid cards, Seafoam. Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go pattern paper, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Chipboard Stickers bought from Polka Dot Creative. Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Black Velvet and White Paint. STAMPS :It's a cats life, just want to be with you and you had me at 'woof' from the new MY BUDDY stamp set coming in APRIL. Love you to the moon and circle LOVE, from Happy Mother's Day set coming in APRIL and This happened today with square from NEW subscription release TODAY coming in APRIL. All from my online store GIVE A GIRL A...

So here I am trying to play catch up so I can finally be up to date with blog posts of my Projetc Life pages, so far it's Wednesday and I printed photos from yesterday and Monday and have them in pockets, no cards etc, but hey it's a start to trying to get organised? This is weeks 8 and 9, while week 8 I took all but 3 photos, I stole a selfie from Kira, haha, and week 9 most likly could of had two pages. I decided to make it two weeks in one.

SUPPLIES :Becky Higgins 4 x 6 Grid Card, Pattern paper from Ready Set Go - by Amy Tangerine, Flair from Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm and Alpha's from October Afternoon - Farm Girl, all bought fromPolka Dot Creative. Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Black Velvet. Paint is house paint.STAMPS : Best Friends and OMG from Best Friends stamp set. I love you to the moon and I love you more than ice-cream from Happy Mother's Day [coming in April]. My favourite moment and today from new set coming in April. Large arrow, small arrow, Congratulations, just a note to say and HELLO from PRE-ORDER 'Your the best' all from my stamp store :Give a Girl a...

So excited to be sharing these with you all. Can't believe I am up to date, touch wood. Week 10 coming tomorrow!

I'm getting there, wont go getting too excited and might go off and touch wood, just to be sure not to curse myself haha. But two weeks in a row and I have done my goal for the start of the year which was to post a new project life every Tuesday.

This week I wont lie I did struggle, at first I layed it all out and everything looked great, then i started sticking down and embellishing and nothing was working. And then it started too, if I went with a simple and crisp look, little embellishment, but not a lot. Sometimes it's the colours in photos that can really trick me, example : red, I am not really a red person, per say, scrap wise and the colour did throw me a little.

I have actually gone back and started journalling by hand and to be honest I think it helps make a page not only look more personal, but more finished to me. I still loath my handwriting, but what can you do?

I'm an Australian blogger, I design clear and digital stamp sets. I wear the mum badge like a boss to three girls. Laugh everyday with my husband. Coffee, craft/DIY, donuts, oils, iced-coffee, instagram, TV series, blogging and food in general are my addictions... Enjoy

Search

I design stamps for me online store Kellie Stamps. I'm very passionate about memory keeping and even more so about design stamp sets for memory keeping.

This project is to encourage you to take 31 minutes for 31 days during the month of October, to do something JUST FOR YOU! Because girl you deserve it! This can be anything from a mini album, a selfie [31 minutes of finding the right lighting, haha], document those 31 selfies, yoga, bubble bath, knitting, document that holiday you took three years ago, meditation, do an album that is ONLY on you, reading, listening to a podcast with a cuppa, going for a walk, a photo a day....

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photos on this here blog are my own. If you use a photo, that is great, only please link back to my blog to provide credit, it would be much appreciated.

I like to share little tutorials and how to for DIY craft projects. If you share what you made with my tutorial on your blog, please provide credit back to my original post. Why not, let me know, as I would love to see what you made!

If you would like to receive blog updates in your inbox, please enter your email address . To follow along with my everyday life and crafts. I hope you enjoy my blog.